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| 1. Description - |
| This course addresses current and historical issues as well as general social, biochemical and behavioral information related to performance enhancing substances in sport and exercise. Areas to be addressed include, but are not limited to: Anabolics, Blood Doping, Diuretics, Nutritional Ergogenic Aids, Social and Recreational Drugs, Stimulants, Emerging Science and Technologies, and Drug Testing.
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| Prerequisite: None
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| Co-requisite: None
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| Advisory: None
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| 2. Course Objectives - |
| The student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge base of performance enhancing substances and how they relate sport and exercise.
- Analyze substance definitions, populations, substance use/abuse, and substance effects.
- Analyze and communicate critical thought regarding current social and behavioral issues relating to performance enhancing substances in sport and exercise.
- Classify and differentiate drug types, symptoms, performance effects both short and long-term.
- Distinguish and compare social populations and recreational drug use.
- Examine and compare issues surrounding drug testing, state and federal laws and sport testing.
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| 3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment - |
| When taught as an online or hybrid class students will be required to have email and internet access.
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| 4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) - |
| - Introduction and History of Performance Enhancing Drugs
- Sport/Exercise History, Issues and Population Analysis
- Why the Demand?
- Anabolics
- Definition, Issues, Use and Populations
- Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids
- Beta-2 Antagonists
- Growth Horomone
- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
- Effects on Performance
- Blood Doping
- Definition, Use, Issues, Population and History
- Erythropoietin
- Effects on Performance
- Diuretics
- Definition, Use, Issues and Populations
- Effects on Performance
- Narcotic and Non-Narcotic Analgesics and Depressants
- Definition, Use, Issues and Populations
- Narcotic Analgesics
- Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Corticosteroids
- Hypnotics, Anxiolytics, and Neuroleptics
- Beta-Adrenergic Antagonists
- Effects on Performance
- Nutritional Ergogenic Aids
- Definition, Use, Issues and Populations
- Macronutrients and Metabolic Intermediates
- Creatine as an Ergogenic Supplement
- Sodium Bicarbonate
- Herbals
- Effects on Performance
- Social and Recreational Drugs
- Definition, Use, Issues and Popualtions
- Alcohol
- Marijuana
- Effects on Performance
- Fact vs. Myth
- Stimulants
- Definition, Use, Issues and Populations
- Amphetamines
- Caffeine
- Cocaine
- Ephedrine
- Effects on Performance
- Drug Testing
- Methodology and History
- Legal Context
- Issues and Populations
- The Future of Performance Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise
- Issues and Concerns
- Supply and Demand - the Marketplace
- Emerging Science and Technologies
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| 5. Repeatability - Moved to header area. |
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| 6. Methods of Evaluation - |
| - Unit Quizzes
- Mid-Term exam
- Final exam
- Academic Research Paper
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| 7. Representative Text(s) - |
| Michael S. Bahrke and Charles E. Yasalis, Performance-Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise, Human Kinetics, 2002
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| 8. Disciplines - |
| Physical Education
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| 9. Method of Instruction - |
| Lecture, Discussion, Cooperative learning exercises, Self-paced, Electronic discussions/chat, Independent study, Demonstration,
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| 10. Lab Content - |
| Not applicable.
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| 11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section. |
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| 12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments - |
| - Chapters from Text
- Supplemental Articles
- Reporting on empirical academic research
- Reflections on how to change a substance-abusing culture
- Synthesis of historical and social relevance to performance-enhancing drugs in sport and exercise
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| 13. Need/Justification - |
| This course is a restricted support course for the AA degree in Physical Education and satisfies the Foothill GE Requirement for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.
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